Dell 1235cn manual Faxing, Sending a FAX, Setting the fax header, Adjusting the document settings

faxing

This chapter gives you information about using your printer as a fax machine.

This chapter includes:

•Sending a fax

•Receiving a fax

It is recommended that you to use traditional analog phone services (PSTN: public switched telephone network) when connecting telephone lines to use Fax. If you use other Internet services (DSL, ISDN, VoIP), you can improve the connection quality by using the Micro-filter. The Micro-filter eliminates unnecessary noise signals and improves connection quality or Internet quality. Since the DSL Micro- filter is not provided with the printer, contact your Internet Service provider for use on DSL Micro-filter.

1Line Port

2Micro filter

3DSL modem / Telephone line

SENDING A FAX

Setting the fax header

In some countries, you are required by law to indicate your fax number on any fax you send. The printer ID, containing your telephone number and name or company name, will be printed at the top of each page sent from your printer.

1.Press Menu until System Setup appears on the bottom line of the display and press OK.

2.Press OK when Machine Setup appears.

3.Press OK when Machine ID appears.

4.Enter your name or the company name using the number keypad. You can enter alphanumeric characters using the number keypad, and include special symbols by pressing the 0 button. For details on how to enter alphanumeric characters, see "Entering characters using the number keypad" on page 21.

5.Press OK to save the ID.

6.Press the left/right arrow until Machine Fax No. appears and press OK.

7.Enter your fax number using the number keypad and press OK.

8.Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

•Fax setup

Adjusting the document settings

Before starting to fax, change the following settings according to your original’s status to get the best quality.

Resolution

The default document settings produce good results when using typical text-based originals. However, if you send originals that are of poor quality, or contain photographs, you can adjust the resolution to produce a higher quality Fax.

1.Press Fax.

2.Press Menu, and then OK when Fax Feature appears on the bottom line of the display.

3.Press OK when Resolution appears.

4.Press the left/right arrow until the option you want appears and press OK.

5.Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

Recommended resolution settings for different original document types are described in the table below:

MODE	RECOMMENDED FOR:
Standard	Originals with normal sized characters.
Fine	Originals containing small characters or thin
	lines or originals printed using a dot-matrix
	printer.
Superfine	Originals containing extremely fine detail. Super
	Fine mode is enabled only if the printer with
	which you are communicating also supports the
	Super Fine resolution.
	• For memory transmission, Superfine
	mode is not available. The resolution
	setting is automatically changed to
	Fine.
	• When your printer is set to Superfine
	resolution and the fax machine with
	which you are communicating does not
	support Superfine resolution, the
	printer transmits using the highest
	resolution mode supported by the other
	fax machine.
Photo Fax	Originals containing shades of gray or
	photographs.

The resolution setting is applied to the current fax job. To change the default setting, see "Changing the default document settings" on page 44.

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